Professor Gavril Ardelean (5 May 1942 – 3 October 2016)

Abstract

GAVRIL ARDELEAN was born on May 5, 1942 in Seini, Maramureș County, Romania. He graduated the elementary school in Seini (1956) and “Gh. Șincai” High School in Baia Mare (1960). During the next years, Gavril Ardelean attended the Faculty of Biology, Geography and Geology (Babeș-Bolyai University) in Cluj, graduating in 1965 with a major in Biology and Geography. Until 1990, he taught Biology and Geography in several high schools in Vișeu de Sus, Tășnad, and Satu Mare. In 1979, Gavril Ardelean came back to Alma Mater Napocensis as a doctoral student, under the prestigious supervision of Academician Eugen A. Pora, who cherished him as an eminent disciple. As Professor Pora passed away in October 1981, Gavril continued his research under the supervision of Professor Dumitru I. Roșca. The experimental part of his thesis was performed in the Biochemistry facilities of the Faculty of Biology, with the scientific help and kind assistance of Professor Ioan V. Deaciuc.